dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ooz_MW.json
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{
"ooze":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a decoction of vegetable material used for tanning leather":[],
": a piece of soft wet plastic ground : a marsh or bog that results from the flow of a spring, stream, or brooklet":[],
": a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water":[
"The turtle buried itself in the ooze ."
],
": exude sense 2":[
"ooze confidence"
],
": something that oozes":[],
": the act of oozing":[],
": to emit slowly":[],
": to exude moisture":[],
": to exude something often in a faintly repellent manner":[
"ooze with sympathy"
],
": to move slowly or imperceptibly":[
"the crowd began to ooze forward",
"\u2014 Bruce Marshall"
],
": to pass or flow slowly through or as if through small openings or interstices":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Sap oozed from the tree.",
"Juice oozed out of the plum.",
"The cut on her finger was oozing with blood.",
"The tree was oozing sap.",
"The cut on her finger was oozing blood."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English wose , from Old English w\u0101se mire; akin to Old Norse veisa stagnant water":"Noun",
"Middle English wose sap, juice, from Old English w\u014ds ; akin to Old High German waso damp":"Noun",
"Middle English wosen , from wose sap":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00fcz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bleed",
"exude",
"percolate",
"seep",
"strain",
"sweat",
"transude",
"weep"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091643",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"oozy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": containing or composed of ooze : resembling ooze":[],
": exuding moisture : slimy":[]
},
"examples":[
"lost a shoe in the oozy field",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The thick layer of mucilage that covered the Sea of Marmara for weeks was an unsettling glimpse of climate change\u2019s more oozy effects. \u2014 Jenna Scatena, The Atlantic , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Cheddar Shredded cheddar is here for all your oozy dairy needs. \u2014 Alex Delany, Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 Sep. 2019",
"Crispy tostadas topped with stewed lamb and crunchy lettuce, oozy enchiladas with the requisite rice and beans, and all the other delicious-looking Mexican dishes on the lunch counter\u2019s Instagram feed. \u2014 Elyse Inamine, Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Enjoy the meld of crispy chicken, hearty waffle, oozy maple syrup and the vegan\u2019s nightmare: bacon butter. \u2014 Sara Stoudt, Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2019",
"At the end of practice, when the girls are supposed to be working on their serves, Serena opens the bag, hits a couple of oranges over the fence and then smashes the fruit into a sticky, oozy , fleshy pulp. \u2014 Elizabeth Weil, New York Times , 22 Aug. 2019",
"More than 20 percent of Americans get food from work at least once a week and much of it, by any stretch of gooey oozy pizza cheese, is not healthy for us, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. \u2014 Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity , 11 June 2018",
"At 4:15 am on Thursday, the slow, oozy eruption of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawai\u2019i went boom. \u2014 Adam Rogers, WIRED , 17 May 2018",
"Scamorza also crisps to a beautiful brown in a hot, dry cast-iron pan without melting all over the place, sort of like halloumi, and oozy wedges of it have anchored some of my favorite antipasti platters at Vetri. \u2014 Craig Laban, Philly.com , 9 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00fc-z\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"miry",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"slimy",
"sludgy",
"slushy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081022",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}